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SYLVESTER DAVIS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 30, 1940 – January 23, 1969
Service recordSylvester Davis, of Akron, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 64
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 283 MED DET USARV
- Born
- May 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Akron, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1969; seven of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “283 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 64
- GERALD JACOB BUDBILLSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- KEITH NOLAND CANTRELLPrivate First Class · January 23, 1969
- BENNY EARL DAVISSpecialist Four · January 23, 1969
- HARLON JOE GILMORESergeant · January 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ARVID OSCAR SILVERBERG JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 34W, Line 68
- ROBERT ROYCE SLOPPYEPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 68
From Akron
- PAUL R HELTSLEY IIIPrivate First Class · July 17, 1964
- ANDREW MILLARD KEACaptain · May 16, 1965
- GEORGE HOWARD FRAZEE JRSergeant · May 28, 1965
- FRANK WILLARD WILSONCorporal · June 6, 1965
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · July 5, 1965
- RICHARD WEBSTERSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- WAYNE HULEN ROWLANDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1966
- RICHARD DOUGLAS HOGARTHFirst Lieutenant · May 6, 1966
- JOSEPH STANLEY VESELY JRSpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- JAMES QUINEL AYDLETTFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.